Paul McGregor Press Conference Thread

[Red V for life]

Blame:
Low completion rates....check
Poor D....check
Opposition for scoring from kicks....check
The field not being 98m long...check
Blame the recruitment and retention staff....check.

Whose fault will it be against the Sharks? The trainers for delivering the wrong messages to the players on the field? His wife for not packing his lucky game day undies?

 

[Dragonslayer]

I am surprised that Mary never thought of
Leilua and Dufty as players he could use this year. Why would he stick to Marketo, Matthews and McCarthy when you had Leilua and Host? Just because he played First Grade at 26 he thinks that 20 is too young. If Widdop and Marshall knew that they might be dropped they might have pulled their fingers out.

Because their name didn't start with an M.

 

[Dea]

Our salary cap doesn't let us play anybody else and we have to keep the same team.... Excep for Host... And now Leilua... And maybe in the next few weeks some other players, but that is definitely all. Sounds like a Month Python Life of Brian skit, except our team is not meant to be a joke

 

[thebigredv]

Just watched the press conference today. Seems more and more like a dead man walking - a stubborn zombie. Some of the old excuses, some new ones. He can't get us over the line, literally, and fails to explain that one to the media. His comment about recruitment gives us a look into the type of person and non-professional he is. And if your job is to only coach players, you are not doing that well anyway quite frankly. It's you that is scaring others away, Paul.

If we fluke a win against the Sharks it could be the worse thing ever to happen to our club. This situation is worse than a culture of mediocrity. It is creating conflict in the minds of Dragons fans about results. I can't say I hope we lose but I really don't wish for results that can be used as excuses to give him his last year.

He's overtaken Price as the worst.

 

[OzDragon]

He's overtaken Price as the worst.

I feel like I should congratulate him for that considering it's no easy feat.

 

[thebigredv]

I feel like I should congratulate him for that considering it's no easy feat.

58 games of mediocrity under Price, 59 for McGregor.

 

[OzDragon]

58 games of mediocrity under Price, 59 for McGregor.

Well then I'll go get the party hats.

 

[1st & 10]

"Whoever scores the most points in a game wins the game. We didn't score the most points"

 

[1st & 10]

Widdop chimes in as captain obvious "yeah, we must score more points than the other team to win"

 

[18to87]

Widdop chimes in as captain obvious "yeah, we must score more points than the other team to win"

I wonder what Widdop really thinks. Hopefully he wants a new coach next year like the rest of us.

 

[Dragonslayer]

I honestly thought he would say something like:
'We won the 2nd half against last years finalists. Now that's the last 2 games we have won a half so I guess we deserve 1 point for that"

 

[Lex]

I honestly thought he would say something like:
'We won the 2nd half against last years finalists. Now that's the last 2 games we have won a half so I guess we deserve 1 point for that"

Here is a fair assessment by a coach.

Be great to have him back on deck.

http://www.nrl.com/rd-22-press-conference-knights/tabid/10959/contentid/868365/default.aspx

 

[VodkaSaint]

Our salary cap doesn't let us play anybody else and we have to keep the same team.... Excep for Host... And now Leilua... And maybe in the next few weeks some other players, but that is definitely all. Sounds like a Month Python Life of Brian skit, except our team is not meant to be a joke

sounding worse every week, cant even lie straight

 

[Dragonsteve2]

58 games of mediocrity under Price, 59 for McGregor.

I cannot agree with the word "mediocrity" for the 2016 season. It is rating our performance too highly. 8 wins, 12 losses, For 257 Against 422 for a differential of -165. 4 or 5 teams have put 30 odd points on against our much vaunted "D". I would use "mediocre" for the teams who win as many games as they lose and break just about even in For and Against, eg. Warriors, Panthers. For us I would use "struggling" or "battling" only because we have to save words like "poor", 'very poor" and "not competitve" for those teams below us on the table that Mary loves to point to.

 

[thebigredv]

"They scored a few tries from kicks and look at Knights"

 

[OzDragon]

"They scored a few tries from kicks and look at Knights"

Sad thing is I honestly can't tell if you're joking or if he really said that.

 

[TomRedVRiver]

"They scored a few tries from kicks and look at Knights"

I hate that argument. I honestly bust a vein in my head when he says that.
What does he expect?? Tries often come from kicks, it's part of rugby league. Why is he palming off tries coming from kicks like they're some sort of fluke? It's a strategical play, and when you have big tall wingers or fast players who can chase a grubber, why wouldn't you do it?
In fact our ONLY try today came from a kick, is Mary going to say that was illegitimate?
Jesus f**king Christ.

 

[BringTheNoise]

30 seconds in and he mentions completion rate and penalty count. Is this guy trolling or what!?

 

[BringTheNoise]

"I thought our effort in that first half and early in the 2nd half was outstanding"

WHAT F***ING GAME WAS HE WATCHING!?!?

 

[BringTheNoise]

"Today they scored 18 points off kicks"

HE HAS TO BE TAKING THE PISS SURELY!?